MARKET-IT consortium is composed by 3 SMEs Innovation Engineering (involved in IT), TACORE and TEHNOPROD (as End Users), the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, and CiaoTech Srl (organization specialized in innovation management).

Innovation Engineering S.r.l. – Project Coordinator

Innovation Engineering S.r.l. (INNEN) is a private company located in Rome and Milan (Italy) focused on the design and development of advanced IT solution to search, access and manage relevant knowledge within Enterprises, with specific focus on Security, ICT and Transport domains.
The company focuses on robust methodologies and IT solutions based on Java language and Open Source, to drive innovation through the search, manage and analyse of information that should be translated into valuable knowledge.
Innovation Engineering is focused on the development advanced Knowledge Search and Management solutions.

The company is currently involved in R&D projects developing Ontologies to structure knowledge within the innovation process including usage if patents and scientific papers (project TECH IT EASY – FP7 EC GA 232410), and advanced search systems to support the search and retrieve of external knowledge following the Open innovation paradigm (project INSEARCH – FP7 EC GA 262491), of which Innovation Engineering is Coordinator.

The main competences rely in Knowledge Management Systems, Applications Development, Web Service and Back End Integration, Rich Internet Applications (RIA), and Mobile Development.
INNEN website is available at: www.innovationengineering.eu

Tacore

Tacore, S.L., based in Vilagarcía de Arousa (Spain), was established in 1982. Initially specialising in the dairy, meat and metal graphic industries, the firm gradually moved into the design and manufacture of equipment for the fish processing industry, canning plants and post-fishing processing. Nowadays Tacore´s staff is composed of 26 people and its annual turnover is around € 3.3 million.

Tacore’s core business sector is Machinery for the canning, which includes the construction of complete tuna processing plants using leading edge technology in cutting, cooking, cleaning steaks, etc., with on-going control of yield and production with the help of applied computing systems. Examples of Tacore systems that have been developed over the last few years include sardine and tuna processing lines set up in Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico and Chile, complete automation of finished product stores in metal graphics, processing systems, engineering studies for turnkey plants for fishing or canning companies and the manufacture of diverse turnkey semipreserve plants in Galicia, Cantabria and the Basque Country, Spain.

Since Tacore, S.L. was established substantial efforts have been channelled into research as a tool for developing the company’s own innovative designs.
TACORE website is available at: http://www.tacore.es

Tehnoprod Plast

S.C. Tehnoprod Plast S.R.L. (TEHN) was founded in 1996 as a private company with mixed capital Romanian-German. The main activity of Tehnoprod Plast is the production and commercialization of low voltage electric appliances (plugs, cords, adaptors, etc). Since 2004, Tehnoprod Plast has a certified quality management system according to ISO 9001:2000.

In Romania, our products are distributed in warehouses such as:
Praktiker, Selgros, Cora, Ambient, Vasion, etc. The range of products commercialised by Tehnoprod Plast can be seen at www.gb-gebro.de.
TEHN website is available at: http://www.tehnoprodplast.ro

Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN), is one of the leading universities in Romania, with 1000 academic staff and researchers and over 22000 students, with a history of over 90 years. It comprises 13 faculties: Automation and Computer Science, Electronics and Telecommunications, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Installations, Architecture and Urban Planning, Machine Building, Mechanical Engineering, Material Science and Engineering, Sciences, Engineering, Mineral Resources and Environment, Letters and Arts.

Scientific research is an essential preoccupation of the academic and research staff of the University. The practical results of the research activity are reflected in numerous contracts and projects with domestic and international financing. In this project, the research center “Engineering and Management of Innovation” (www.resin.utcluj.ro) will be involved.

The team has an extensive experience in research projects concerning to development of expert systems for product and process innovation.
UTCN website is available at: www.utcluj.ro

CiaoTech Srl

CiaoTech S.r.l. (CTECH) is a private company specialised in Innovation Management, providing support services to private and public organisations in Product and Process Innovation, Technology Transfer, IT solutions and support for research and development projects. Headquartered in Italy (Rome, Milan), CTECH is made up of a pool of professional engineers with consolidated experience in international working environments.

Set up in 2002, CTECH is a high-growth knowledge intensive company, doubling its turnover each two years and expanding its operation in the whole Europe. The growth of CTECH could be explained by the innovative and specific services that the company offers, by supporting Industrial and Research organisations in defining and implementing their innovation and research strategies, through the usage of advanced methodologies and ICT solutions oriented. Moreover, thanks to its multidisciplinary expertise, CTECH has developed a specific expertise in setting up complex international technology transfer consortium and networks.

The experience of the CTECH team can be attributed to the strong involvement in R&D activities conducted with highly qualified European Companies and Research Centers (University of Rome, University of Naples, Institute Fraunhofer, Finmeccanica Spa, Microsoft Corporation, HP, Intel).
The company manages several Web portals (www.ricercaeinnovazione.it, www.innovationplace.eu, www.smartransport.eu, www.osmosisecurity.eu) focused on technology transfer actions: the portals manage over 8.000 high-tech companies and organizations in Europe.
CTECH website is available at: www.ciaotech.com